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Qwest: Deride the Light!

By AAN Staff
april 15, 2002  06:57 pm
Qwest: Deride the Light!
For one year, Qwest has refused to pay the city of Portland, and other Oregon cities a "franchise fee' in return for the right to string its telephone poles across city streets. Yet Qwest sees nothing wrong with collecting this franchise fee from consumers, a fee that amounts to $6 million a year in Portland. Last month a U.S. magistrate ruled that Qwest owes the city the money, but the phone company still won't pay. As a result, this week Willamette Week is encouraging Oregonians to engage in civil disobedience and deduct the portion of their Qwest bill that represents the franchise fee. The paper even includes a handy form letter that readers can cut out.N
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